Chip Barnett is a journalist with almost 50 years of professional experience. He started his career at the Gannett Newspapers in Westchester County, N.Y., working his way up from back-shop compositor to Senior News Editor. Barnett later worked for Thomson Reuters in Manhattan, covering state and local government finance as a Reporter and later Executive Editor for TM3.com and as Editor in Charge of Municipal Finance for Reuters News. Later, he was the Editor of Municipal Finance Today at SourceMedia. Barnett has also worked for DebtWire/Municipals and has written about commercial real estate in South Florida and the Midwest for both The Real Deal and Globe Street. Barnett is currently a Reporter at The Bond Buyer.
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Municipal bond traders are taking a break on Friday as they get ready for the weekend and look ahead to next week's beefy new issue slate.
August 19 -
FloridaHJ Sims has named Jonathan Jarow as managing director and senior vice president in its office in Boca Raton, Florida.
August 11 -
New YorkSales tax revenue collected by local governments in New York state rose 1.7%, or $130 million, in the first half of the year, according to a report released Thursday by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
August 4 -
PHILADELPHIA After the presidential election, the United States may see a "golden moment" to push for increased federal and state spending to fix America's crumbling infrastructure, according to Democratic mayors speaking a policy meeting at Philadelphia on Tuesday.
July 27 -
Lance Badorf has joined HJ Sims as Vice President of Fixed Income Trading, the company announced on Monday. He is a 15 year industry veteran who specializes in trading taxable and bank qualified municipal bonds.
July 25 - New York
New York City announced on Thursday it will offer around $1.49 billion of general obligation bonds next month.
July 21 - Massachusetts
Butler Snow has hired Stephen E. Weyl to practice law in its public finance, tax incentives, and credit markets groups in Boston.
July 20 -
As part of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authoritys $27 billion five-year capital program, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced plans for the renovation of 31 subway stations across New York City and unveiled a totally new design for the 1,025 subway cars that are on tap to be bought by the agency.
July 19 - Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will be coming to market on Tuesday with its first competitive deals in at least 15 years when it puts up for bid two sales tax and assessment refinancing transactions totaling about $344.2 million.
July 14 -
New YorkThe New York City Economic Development Corp. on Thursday picked the Lowline team to create the worlds first underground park on the Lower East Side, using solar technology to transform the abandoned Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal under Delancey Street into a one-acre cultural space set to be opened to the public in 2021.
July 14 -
New YorkNew York City will hold to a prudent financial course while maintaining a progressive social program, Mayor Bill de Blasio told municipal bond market participants on Tuesday.
July 13 -
Kroll Bond Rating Agency said on Friday that it affirmed the Municipal Assurance Corp.s insurance financial strength rating of AA-plus. MAC is a subsidiary of bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd.
July 8 -
For the 40th straight week, municipal bond funds reported inflows, according to corrected Lipper data released on Friday. On Thursday, Lipper erroneously reported that weekly reporting funds had experienced an outflow.
July 7 -
Forty-five high school seniors from across New York City got an introduction to the world of public finance on Tuesday when they attended a special bond class organized by Futures and Options on behalf of The Municipal Forum of New York.
July 5 -
Top rated municipal bonds were stronger on Friday, according to traders, as yields fell by as much as four basis points in an abbreviated trading session.
July 1 -
Municipal bonds finished steady to weaker on Thursday, traders said, as they saw the first-half come to an end on the last full trading session ahead of Fridays early dismissal and Mondays full market close.
June 30 -
Municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, traders said, as the end of the first-half of the year approached on the last full trading session ahead of Friday's early dismissal and Monday's full market close.
June 30 -
Municipal bond traders are set to see first-half issuance come to an end as the last of the week's bigger deals come to market.
June 30 -
RBC Capital Markets raised $1 million on Tuesday for several youth-related charities during its second annual RBC Trade for the Kids day. And RBCs Municipal Sales and Trading desk did its part, donating its net revenue from Tuesdays activity on the Elevate system.
June 28 -
Kourtney Ratliff Gibson has been named President of Loop Capital Markets, the firm announced on Tuesday. In her new role, she will to report directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James Reynolds, Jr.
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